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A firm has current assets that could be sold for their bookvalue of $32 million. The book value of its fixed assets is $70million, but they could be sold for $100 million today. The firmhas total debt with a book value of $50 million, but interest ratedeclines have caused the market value of the debt to increase to$60 million. What is the ratio of the market value of equity to itsbook value? (Round your answer to 2 decimalplaces.)
Market-to-book ratio ?

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Formula		Book Value (BV)	Market Value (MV)
	Current Assets (CA)	32	32
	Fixed Assets (FA)	70	100
CA+FA	Total assets (TA)	102	132
	Debt (D)	50	60
TA - D	Equity	52	72

Market value of equity to Book value ratio = 72/52 = 1.38

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A firm has current assets that could be sold for their bookvalue of $32 million. The book value of its fixed assets is $70million, but they could be sold for $100 million today. The firmhas total debt with a book value of $50 million, but interest ratedeclines have caused the market value of the debt to increase to$60 million. What is the ratio of the market value of equity to itsbook value? (Round your answer to 2 decimalplaces.)Market-to-book ratio ?